Crisis in Science Education
Schools face a desperate and growing shortage of qualified science teachers. More»
About PTEC
The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PTEC) is an organization of more than 100 colleges and universities dedicated to the improvement of K-12 physics and physical science teacher preparation. More»
PTEC Member Institutions
Find out about physics teacher preparation activities at PTEC institutions, or join PTEC if your insitution isn't a member yet.
Featured PTEC Member
Teaching to Learn: The Colorado Learning Assistant program's impact on learning content
As part of the PTEC coalition, the Colorado Learning Assistant (LA) program has been expanded in order to address the needs of teacher preparation and support.
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PTEC Announcements
This conference is for faculty and administrators from institutions in the Pacific Northwest that are developing their physics teacher preparation programs.
The 2009 PTEC Conference will be held in Pittsburgh on March 13th and 14th, 2009. The theme will be Institutional Change.
Teacher Research Opportunities
Our Teacher Research Opportunities Map shows NSF-funded Research Experiences for Teachers, QuarkNet centers, and Department of Energy national laboratory internships for preservice teachers.
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Paul Hickman's
Eye on Education
2008 PDK/Gallup Poll
The 40th annual Phi Delta Kappa/Gallup poll on education has been released. The poll tracks American public opinion about public schools. The 2008 questions focus on election year politics and policies; school quality; global educational comparisons; national standards; transition to college; student testing; teacher quality; and NCLB. Read more and download the report.
Eye on Education Archive...
The PTEC Collection
The PTEC collection seeks to preserve and distribute the expertise of the PTEC community by storing
best practice educational materials, teacher recruitment materials, and PER materials pertaining to teacher preparation.
If you have materials, please consider submitting the materials.
New PTEC Library Materials
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